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Yes it was a silly challenge, but these things happen in football. Switzerland did have the better chances and more of the game, but as the penny dropped that Finland needed a goal, the Finns started to cause them more problems with about half an hour to go. Switzerland got out of jail a bit...

Feel bad for the Finns. But that was a dumb challenge by the Swiss girl to give away the penalty. The equaliser was a nice goal. They were both likely playing for the privilege of losing to Spain anyway. But Swiss won't care about that at the moment.

Some reading comprehension issues here me thinks, or taking too much offence as if I said something negative about Messi (when I actually quoted that to praise him and slag Penaldo)... I never said that Ronaldo was better outside the box - I said he tries far too many shots from distance...

She looked good in the first half - nice cross for the flick, and good shot before that too. Generally decent link up. Switzerland should probably be winning, but of course they only need a draw. They can't think that way though - they have to go for the win.

Ronaldo is a volume shooter. He takes a lot of shots to score one goal, usually. He was always near or at the top of most shots taken in Europe. Messi is far more clinical. I think I read somewhere that he scored a similar amount of goals in like 1,000 fewer shots than Ronaldo over career. And...

Ever heard of a stadium/town swap? @Porque Two of my more local clubs, Clyde (based in Cumbernauld, which wasn't their original area anyway, it was Glasgow) and Hamilton Accies, separated by about 17 miles, are now playing in each others' stadiums. Clyde left Broadwood (where they had been...

Troopz, that you?

Fair enough. I am gonna watch some. I did watch Finland-Iceland last week, opening game, but then had other stuff on. I will watch Switzerland-Finland tonight.

How do you know so much about women's football? I didn't realise you followed it.

Just cos you talked about Alex Morgan looks above (well actually I referenced that first, sorry). But yeah, I don't know that woman player. But I will look her up soon. Canadian right? Do you rate her a lot as a player?

Thanks for the info mate. I didn't know who that was until you mentioned her. I will check her skills out soon. If you mean her looks, I think we should cease that discussion. There are pretty women in football, but it feels direspectful to talk about their looks when these threads should be...

Well, with the tournament almost over, has anyone had a change of heart or view things differently having watched it? It's been better than I expected (though watched a lot more of group than knockout) but there's still a lot of cons to it.

I know things went sour for him at Camp Nou later on, but he was a quality midfielder at his best. Certainly in his earlier days at the club when you won the treble he played his part big time. He should be praised for that.

Was a great servant to Barca in the Enrique second treble days. He went under the radar a little at times as he was always overshadowed by all-time greats like Iniesta, Busquets and Modric. Excellent player in his own right, though. Happy retirement!

Think I have said it before, but can't decide whether I like the pink and black combo or yellow and blue better. Both beautiful colour schemes.

Yeah she was on my mind. She's one of the GOATs for looks for sure. But I think as an actual footballer she was world-class in the women's game, but not sure if she would be considered a GOAT level player.

Looks great. I think Marta is generally considered the GOAT in women's football. But is Aitana catching up with her? There's also others like Christine Sinclair, Brigit Prinz etc.

I don't think he has to - unlike Ronaldo his reputation and ability isn't so closely connected to his goal stats. Everyone knows he's a genius whether he scored 500 goals or 1000. But yeah guess it would be nice. But he doesn't have to debase himself to Ronaldo levels of stat padding with...

Thanks, will watch that later. Got chores to do imminently. One thing I notice about the women's game is how much better the players are technically than they were in the 90s. This isn't really the same as the men's game, which had far longer to develop and grow. The main women's player I have...

The butterfly effect. Maybe controversial, but could you say the same about Iniesta's goal against Chelsea? Barca would likely have become the best team ever anyway, but that really changed everything in that moment.